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From: volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt )
Subject: Re: 680x0 version of 386BSD?? [Was: Re: Mac version of 386BSD??]
Message-ID: <1992Aug24.123055.27720@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de>
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Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 12:30:55 GMT
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In article <9208192322.28@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>There is a 680x0 binary standard for SVR4 systems, but I'm not sure who
>is supporting it besides Commodore.

Atari supports this standard too since their Unix is SVR4 as well.  But it
never quite got off the ground (you can buy it but only from Atari directly,
and it's still billed as a "developer version").  So yes, you can take Atari
Unix binaries and run them on an Amiga.

My point was that a free unix for 68k machines has a better chance if it can
preserve binary compatibility for applications across different hardware.

-- Volker
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